Graeme Codrington's Future of Work

This special edition of Graeme Codrington's Future of Work podcast is produced in collaboration with the Futures Club. This is the first half of the podcast, giving you a teaser of what is available to members of the Futures Club. Sign up for the Futures Club now to get the rest of this podcast:

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This is a summary of the most significant findings from the World Economic Forum's Future Jobs Report 2023, released on 2 May 2023. It looks specifically at the most significant skills that need to be developed for knowledge and office workers to remain relevant in an AI-powered workplace.

For our special 100th episode of ThrowForward Thursday, we jump forward a century and imagine 21 scenarios of what life might be like. This is one episode where you might enjoy the video more, as we have included a lot of relevant graphics and images: Join Graeme Codrington's Futures Club: http://bit.ly/GCFuturesClub The scenarios in this episode are not fanciful science fiction scenarios of flying cars or robot assistants (those will be old news in a century anyway), but rather our team's best scenarios for realistic but significant change to the way we live and work. Come with us to imagine a world of free and clean energy, where our understanding of dark matter has helped us to a giant leap forward in science. Marvel with us at the medical advances that have doubled life expectancy, integrated humans and machines, given people the choice of when to end life, but has also changed politics forever - we now have a young/old divide rather than a conservative/progressive one. We don't believe that there will be colonies off planet, but there will certainly be scientific bases on the moon and Mars, and maybe even further into space. There won't be banks or money - not as we know them today. There won't be cryptocurrency over. In fact, we will have a whole new political and economic system. And maybe - just maybe, if we dare to dream - we can imagine a world without war. All this and more in just 21 minutes. 21 scenarios for 2123. Imagine tomorrow's world, and start building it today.

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

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What we can learn from the Ocean Cleanup Project about innovation through ridiculous ideas, experimentation and being a force for good. Members of my Futures Club will get access to the full video, but for everyone else, here is an extended 'teaser' which I am sure you will find useful. Prof. Jim Dator is one of the world's foremost futurists, and his Second Law of Futures states that "any useful idea about the future must appear ridiculous". What does he mean? How is this useful for generating innovation? Watch the video to find out. To watch the whole video, sign up now for my Futures Club at https://academy.graemecodrington.com/futures-club - it's no risk, with a money back guarantee if you don't find it valuable.

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

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Our waterways and oceans are being polluted at unprecedented rates. But there are some glimmers of hope - one of those is The Ocean CleanUp Project, started by a young man, Boyan Slat. They've just announced that they've removed more than 200 tons of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That's hardly a dent in the estimated 90,000 tons of plastic floating in that garbage patch - but it's better than doing nothing. And one day, it might just have succeeded in cleaning it up completely. Join us next week as we discuss what we can learn from the inspirational example of a young man who wasn't scared to have a ridiculous idea, to experiment with ways of making it work, and of building a business that does good in the world. Members of my Futures Club will get additional, exclusive insights, tools and resources to help them apply this to their own businesses. Sign up now at:

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ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

CONNECT WITH GRAEME AND THE TOMORROWTODAY TEAM

Let's start a conversation to find out where I can make the biggest impact in your journey to being future-fit. Email me [email protected] or connect on LinkedIn.

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Today's ThrowForward Thursday is an exciting announcement about a new resource just for you: Graeme Codrington's Futures Club. Most of my work is with senior leaders in large corporates, but I know that so many more people could find it valuable. I help people to anticipate disruptive change, scan the horizon to see what's coming next, work out what to do about it all today, and even more importantly develop the skills and tools to ensure their whole team are future ready. And now I can help you do this. Find out more and sign up today at https://academy.graemecodrington.com/futures-club Your monthly membership gives you access to: * A weekly email with 5+ articles of the best bits from Graeme's analysis of current realities and future trends * Twice a month training videos on the tools and skills needed to think like a futurist * Regular exclusive webinars on relevant topics, bringing you future-focused experts, interviews and insights * A monthly virtual coffee meeting with Graeme and fellow Gold members to discuss what's on your future of work agenda * Quarterly Keynotes with exclusive access to a recording of one of our workshops not publicly available ... and so much more ... Satisfaction guaranteed. Cancel anytime if it's not working for you. Check it out now, and join today.

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

CONNECT WITH GRAEME AND THE TOMORROWTODAY TEAM

Let's start a conversation to find out where I can make the biggest impact in your journey to being future-fit. Email me [email protected] or connect on LinkedIn.

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This is the application session following last week's video on how AI is being used to create fake pictures, audio and video (see https://youtu.be/W0TGnyB5EgE ). This week, we look at the business opportunity of verifying the authenticity of media, and the importance of protecting your brand and teaching your team (and yourself) critical thinking skills.

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

CONNECT WITH GRAEME AND THE TOMORROWTODAY TEAM

Let's start a conversation to find out where I can make the biggest impact in your journey to being future-fit. Email me [email protected] or connect on LinkedIn.

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Can you believe what you see and hear these days? Literally - can you believe it... when we know how good generative AI is at producing fake photos, audio and even video. This goes well beyond Deep Fakes (something we looked at in Episode 4, see https://bit.ly/TFTDeepFake) which is about mimicking someone. This is about creating entirely fake, but incredibly realistic photos, audio and video.

Whether it's Donald Trump behind roughly detained by New York police, or a Greek firefighter rescuing a young boy from the Turkish earthquake, we literally can't believe our eyes and ears anymore. Join us next week as we talk about the implications, and what you can and should do in your company.

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

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Drones are developing at a remarkable pace, moving well beyond the small flying cameras we use to take great holiday videos. They are now being used in a multitude of industries, and I am sure can be used in your business somewhere. In order to be able to imagine how you could use drones, you need to think beyond "how to do what we've always done, but just a bit better" and you need to adopt what I call "The Futurist's Question". This is: "What new ways are there to deliver value and outcomes to our clients, without just improving what we've always done?" If you haven't listened last week's video, please do that first, and then settle down to this application lesson in learning how to think like a futurist.

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

CONNECT WITH GRAEME AND THE TOMORROWTODAY TEAM

Let's start a conversation to find out where I can make the biggest impact in your journey to being future-fit. Email me [email protected] or connect on LinkedIn.

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We might think of drones as toys, and maybe as a way to take great videos or entertain the kids. But today's drones are being used in a multitude of industries for more applications than most people can imagine. Have a look not just at what might happen in the future, but how drones are being used right now. JOIN ME NEXT WEEK as we look at how drones might be useful in your industry, and even if they're not we will talk about applying a futurist mindset to asking "what if" about new technology that has the potential to not just improve but also change your work dramatically. ***** FURTHER READING AND DETAILS: Future of fireworks and entertainment - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dipl-ing-lars-behrendt_innovation-creativity-entrepreneurship-activity-7014527609132732416-ullo - https://youtu.be/tcoIUd9Y3-w

Emergencies: fire fighting drones - https://www.flytnow.com/blog/drone-fire-fighting - https://www.adorama.com/alc/fire-department-drones/ - https://www.flyingmag.com/drones-wildfire-fighting/ - https://youtu.be/WFqThcMIN7A - https://youtu.be/sA4TW1UEW7o - https://youtu.be/D0O_i6lprcQ - Dutch ambulance - defribulator + connect to doctor - https://youtu.be/y-rEI4bezWc - https://www.herox.com/blog/189-the-evolution-of-uavs-the-ambulance-drone

Keeping swimmers safe from sharks: - https://www.popsci.com/environment/drones-shark-beach/

Agriculture - https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/future-of-agritech-2023-technology-and-ai-enhancing-agri/442698 - https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/05/20/this-australian-start-up-wants-to-fight-deforestation-with-an-army-of-drones

Mobile cellphone base station - example at sports events - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128623000683 - https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/these-drones-could-bring-you-5g-networking-after-a-hurricane/

Inventory and warehouse management and auditing - https://maxbyte.co/inventory-management-using-drone - https://www.apriorit.com/dev-blog/763-embedded-drone-management-system

War / Resistance: - https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a43170041/belarus-opposition-group-lands-drone-on-russian-mainstay-jet-video/ - https://warontherocks.com/2019/02/drones-of-mass-destruction-drone-swarms-and-the-future-of-nuclear-chemical-and-biological-weapons/

• - Robots and Drones in War: Episode 28 of ThrowForward Thursday: https://youtu.be/p6PixDJaX2Q and https://www.graemecodrington.com/post/throwforward-thursday-28-robots-in-war-the-dogs-of-future-wars

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

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How should we think about and respond to new technologies and societal changes as they arrive in our world? They never arrive perfectly formed. They disrupt the world we know. But some of them will stick around and change that world, and we need to get better at engaging with them as they do so.

This is a 15 minute mini masterclass on dealing with disruption and changing our minds about some of the fears and objections we might have to change.

This is Part 2 of the Thinking Like a Futurist discussion on "The Robots Are Coming". Make sure you listen to last week's episode before you dive into this one. These might be worth checking out on YouTube, as there are some great visuals to these two episodes:

Ep 90: https://youtu.be/MYqEkUX-h-M Ep 91: https://youtu.be/XUROF8cuZDc

ABOUT GRAEME CODRINGTON

Speaker, author and expert on the future of work, researching disruptive change and helping leaders and their teams understand and respond to tomorrow's world today. I help people make the future place of work a remarkable place for all of us.

CONNECT WITH GRAEME AND THE TOMORROWTODAY TEAM

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